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6 TIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, MONDAY. JULY 23, 1917. , PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon). Poatofiic aa second-clasa mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably In advanca: Europe, how much tonnare Is reaulred to leed such Hjt army. France and England are Buarceiy aoie in xeea ana buuvij men own armies without influencing tne eco nomic situation still further. .f ter our previous success we shall be able to master this situation also through our fleet, particu any me luomannes. The United States has already trtw Ma.ii.) transportea a division or troops to Dally. RnndftV Included, ona vear ...... .$8. OO r,-vQ wifmiif v Iagc rf a chin Daily, Sunday included, ix month J 2 J n mn t , , , . . n Daily, Sunday included, three montha ... 225 a man. It IS producing ships at a Daily, Sunday included, one month .7J rate which will enable it a year hence DauwnSiluSdtjJS'ontiV::: f?5 to pour a steady stream of men and Daily, without Sunday, one month .60 supplies into France. It will produce Weekly, ona year i-9" : i ...in Cunday. one year . Eunday and weekly mala, and flowers and tree.. If I aaw an unfamiliar bird or flower, I made it a point to find out what it warn. At last I was ready to guide. What an added attraction to the vast outdoors of America it would be to have ten thousand guides equipped as is the veteran of Long's Peak! One can easily visualize a steadily increas ing stream of Americans from every city in the country flowing toward the West. Guides upon whom one can relv in every physical emergency are all too rare nowadays; those who real ly know the country through which 2.60 aircraft in quantities which will end o tin I .... , . I J . - once xor an me central powers nope they are passing and who are able to o.oo r-""'"s "r Buyremacy. xiib wiiu- inspire their charges with true love of 75 I cenor snouia nave Deen warned Dy i k-,,p. ,imc( T,torI tv,0 oo experience not to despise a new ene- finjrers. The exceptional ones give new significance to the phrase, guide. (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday included, one year ... Ially, Sunday Included, one month . Daily, without Sunday, one year .... Dally, without Sunday, three months Dally, without Sunday, one month .. WaeUlv An- . Sunday, one year ...................- ?-?9 t. .... .i ... - ...... s.au .. , ' ' " " ' another of the positions which they How to Remit Send po.tof flee money or- , M K oer. express order. or personal check on your had fortified for two years. The sub- locai bank, stamps, coin or cu"en5J ,"?1Ifit marine has not "mastered" this situ- 00 my, ior Jtsritain s coniempuoie utile 2 50 army" has grown to a force which has driven' the Germans from one after philosopher and friend." Including county and state. Fostag. Rates 12 to 1 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; 60 to 60 pages, 4 cents: 62 to 76 pages, o cents; 78 to H2 pages, o cents. Foreign post age double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree Conklln. Brunswick buildln.. New York: Verree Conklln, Steger building. Chicago: Ban Fran cisco representative. K. J. Jiaweu. ii ket street. PORTLAND. MONDAY, IXT S3, 1917. THE NEW CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH. Chancfillor Michaelis' 6peech to THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST. Efforts to read historical events into ation, and is giving no proof of ability I the prophecies of the Book of Revela- to master it. Germany did not desire the war in order to make violent conquests, and, therefore. will not continue the war a day longer mere ly for the sake of such conquests if it could obtain an honorable peace. The tiermans wish to conclude peace as combatants who have successfully accom plished their purpose and proved themselves invincible. We must by means of understanding and dltiona of the existence of German empire I JNapoieon. upon the continent and overseas. tion have not been confined to our own day. Some authors have fastened the number of the beast,, 666, quite logically on Nero. Others have inter preted the book to have been written against Mohammed and the Turks; against the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church; against Luther and the Reformation and later against Now some credulous per sons believe that the Kaiser came un der the propKetic eye of St. John. An ingenious application is that repro duced in another column today. But when one has said that it is ingenious that is about air- that one can say about it. Probably others, if their inclina- sion at present seems to be to stim ulate interest in the study of geography. It has been found that women excel in the making of wings and wing sur faces for airplanes in fact, that their work in this regard is so far superior to that of men that they practically have a monopoly. This opens an im portant field of activity for women, in view of the fact that the United States has pledged itself to build an immense fleet of aircraft. The rea son why women workers are pre ferred is that the preparation of the linen wing surfaces is light work re quiring especially deft fingers and close application, and experience has shown that they are less likely to slight this sort of task. At the same How to Keep W3L By Dr. W. A. Kvisa Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation and prevention of diseases, if matters of gen eral interest will be answered in this col umn. Where space will not permit or the subject Is not suitable, letters will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where stamped addressed envelope is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagno sis or prescribe for individual diseases. Be quests for such services cannot be answered. ' (Copyright. 1916. by Dr. W. A. Evans. Published by arrangement with th. Chicago Tribune.) RESUSCITATING THE HALF. DROWNED. IN ALL probability within a short time I will begin to receive inquiries M twill, a, - . .UBUUQ ui persons wno airplane makers have been 1iavo "PParently drowned. These ques- tudying the labor problem seriously five?!r?.l1?i.com? ,n tho shape of an Lnd are preparing also to employ X similar romen to a considerable extent in devices, it i .., 7 ' ': time an women to a consiaeraDie extent. in. devices, it is well to ty.Z n,,'Z their machine shops, it being esti- tions publicly and before thev coma mated that 35 per cent of this work rather than privately and after they In aiiifHltt tr tom Tf uHll ho Imp Come. in a very real sense that the air fleet .,Tn, commission appointed by the we are about to send abroad will rep- that thrt.f As?fi?,tio" reported When we construe the word guar- I ontoa" na it ia iinlArctnnil hv th Pan- the Reichstag confirms the worst im- Germans wno put Dr. Michaelis in pressions in regard to the crisis which office, the first of those three sea put him in office. ' He repeats the fences is flatly contradicted by the same falsehoods about responsibility last. Although "Germany did not de ... i , I sire tiA.war in order to make violen XOr tne war wnicn nave uetu ""- --;-- Hon nn tnnt wit, mnthn. A. . ... . conquests, tne guarauLiea wniun liic "J by Germany from the first. He in- Pan.Germans aemand are the annex- matical ingenuity fix the number of sists on a conqueror's peace and, like atlon of Belgium with Antwerp as a tno beast on some contemporary his predecessor, he glosses over Ger- hae or future attack on Eneland. of ruler. As a preliminary hint it may many's aggressive aims under the the French coal and iron districts, of be observed that the number of letters euphemism of "guaranties." He per- the western slopes of the Vosges ln the name of Britain's ruler is six; sists in misstating the facts about the Mountains ln order tnat France mignt -"J TJ...t, .:.Z",". .111 kiw i rrri f., to Instifv the De Petl to luxure atxacK. ot roianu submarine war. In defiance of truth resent the work of the women of the Nation. probably in use do mnrn h.m th.. good. By -in use" I mean this: In re suscitation work time is all important. As explained by A. C. Miller, a i respiration commenced five member of the Federal Reserve b"Vt ,h" T . 1 ,ls very much Board, the problem of financing the for" do"" "'m inures "'aftU" U." The war is simply one of doubling the minutes conserved in getting the life annual aggregate savings of the Na- saving apparatus to the field of need tion. Our eraRR T-Tational Income is means the loss of life. Snm. vn im -. estimated at J 40.000,000,000, and our far as 8ay that that type of appara annual war expenditure at one-fourth f.ufW5ich mechanicaily exhausts the of this sum. Our annual savings for 'J"" J POto as well further investment are placed at not in a conference of 'industrial physi- over $5,000,000,000, and this sum is clans with the Pennsylvania department available for war taxes and loans of labor, the recommendation of the without encroaching on our accumu- Meltzer method was indorsed by the Lithuania and Courland. That is what they mean by having "success- King of Belgium and of the Pres ident of the United States. Interpreters of Revelation overlook he predicts success for the submarines fuiiy accomplished their purpose." one Important fact: There is no time ln starving the allies before American But the Germans have not "proved "mil on secular propnecies. neveia- forces can be put in the field and themselves invincible." For the last on was written something over 1800 before Russian forces can be reor- year they have suffered defeat every- me..u. .mv .. DKUr oiiioff triinremaev wnere except in Kouraama, wnere dccch ganized to make allied wpreaw th wm tQe treacnery of their portant in history. Just as we now decisive. He does this to keep alive armament makers, of Roumanian Gen- deem the world war the worst that In the German people the delusive era,g and of the then Russian cabinet, ever did or could happen. hope of victory. The one grain of They cry. for peace because they feel Yet have we reached the limit of truth in his speech is the admission their conquests slipping from their organized destructiveness? John of that the food situation in Germany is grasp. Patmos may have been able to look bad, but he predicts relief from this We cannot again offer peace. We have dbuu or isuu years aneaa as easily as 'yny Bueitiieu uui vu uuvs, n.e couiu looK lsuu years aneaa, n ne et no response. could look ahead at all and had What was this peace offer? With- thought it worth while to record the out stating any basis, Germany on t.ml,i rath.r thtin tno Krirttiisi fn. December 12, 1916, invited the bellig- ture. We exaggerate the importance erents to enter a peace conference, nf r,,,r own timos hfcamn wn can year's crop in face of the known fact that it is worse than that of 1916 Comparison of the Chancellor's speech, point by point, with known facts will prove that Prussianism is still supreme in Germany, that it still lated wealth. But we must save an- other five billions to pay taxes and buy bonds or past accumulations will be eaten into and, as a Nation, we committee on resuscitation from mine gases. Dr. Elizabeth B. Brlcker of the Pennsylvania department thinks the Meltzer method superior to the lungmo tor and the pulmotor. Dr. Patterson clings to its aim to destroy freedom but talked like a conqueror of "giv- compare them only with the past. If by scientifically applied methods of 'npeJ? lo lne worlu- vv rrfB1: we knew the future they might seem barbarism, that it still holds the Ger- d,e,n fn on December 19 asked trivial. man people ln thraldom by force and falsehood, and that democracy can only be made safe by its destruction. The concentration of the Russian army compelled Germany to seize the sword. The Russian army was mobilized all the belligerents to define their war aims, the allies frankly stated theirs, but Germany refused to answer except at the conference table, Eua.ii giuw puui er. xne uuvci uuieni i ftaiu. j. myseir Know or one case can compel us to save part of this I wnicn was lost when the prone pres- sum irom living expenses and pleas-I na eiuiipeo. ana. mecnani- i.. l. ; 14. n v. ,t,MB uicaiiB were appiiea. 1 r. j. v . l.u- i. ,.. ,, . ther of th New Jersey Zinc Company ri" - !v Davo said: "We see quite a number of cases """" -"y o.vcu uiio uuiiii uciuit. of carbon monoxide poisoning and we will have a fund to. Invest in war I haye been using the pulmotor in severs bonds, which - will pay interest and I cases. I must say, however, that it is will add to their wealth. nt quite efficient. I have been consid erlng changing It. I do not .like the A r-hnnr-B in norfnrm MtHnHi. '"' u ..oi iio MS jrinc.pio , ' i nr if service in. wnicn women wno are Dr. George Evans, of the Olived Iron qualified can Join, has been suggested & Steel Company, said: "In our work ln the teaching of French at least the we occasionally have cases of men be rudiments of it to prospective sol- inS' overcome by gas and we have prac- diprs. It is nnlntM out that In our "cany aone away witn me puimoior. rnmin'ml1it,nr .n..tinn. II. "v USlHg IBB OCOSCIier n.uuvieuBe ui uiai language nugiii. Dr Munsoni of tho Carnegie Steel mean tne difference Detween success company, said: "The first aid crews of or failure In a crisis. value of the the Carnegie Stoel Company are taught language! would be especially apparent I to perform the different methods of ar- ln the case of Red Cross workers, titiciai respiration ana then as soon as TEAMWORK IS NECESSARY. The food control bill which has Prussianism stands before the world Passed the Senate is so radically dif- unrepentant and at bay. It now desires tereni irom tnat wnicn passed tne House that the prospect of early against Austria, not against Germany, present conquests and gather strength agreement Is slight. The two house until Germany began to mobilize. fQr ltg next assauU on freedom and are so far apart, and the Senate be though the German alliance with clvUizatlon. xho united States joins tray8 such determination to limit the Austria jusimea uiuumuuu s"" tho other democratic nations in the Powers or me president mat a long uermany also, tsut priority 01 moo- determination to break that grip, to wrangle in conference is probable, un- li:4; t n; wh n Awwn - 4- Kir nm no rt- I . I 1 a. v. t : j i : i a. "l"luu" " u""" liberate the oppressed and to defeat 1110 rlllen' unug auuui a son with the conduct of Germany in Prussla ao completely that it shall compromise and instil a more con the negotiations which preceded the . lncarjable of a ne,t assauit. The ciliatory spirit. war. The outstanding facts are that chanceiior's speech only strengthens The controversy ia due to injection the entente powers. Joined by Ger- tVli Jo--!--:-,, of political feeling in a matter where many's ally, Italy, strove for media- i patriotism should have driven out pol- tion between Austria and Serbia, and itics. The Georgia and Missouri Sen- that Germany rejected all their over- BIOCK MORALITY. ators have grievances against Presi- tures; that, when Austria showed A sage contemporary remarks that dent Wilson about patronage and do signs of reaching an agreement It is safe to say that Warden Murphy not 'scruple to let their animus over- with Russia, Germany forced her reels easier ln mind today because he ruje their sense of duty. Some Re hand by declaring war on Russia first; was not called upon to spring the trap publicans resent the President's re- that Germany was ready for war, under wnnam jsranson ana tnat if liance on his own nartv alone for aid while the other powers were not. Branson and Mrs. Booth are innocent m an enterprise wherein he should Germany prevented mediation, was their case alone will more than dem- enlist the aid of the best men in all ready for war and began war. Ger- onstrate the Justification of the long, parties. Extreme prohibitionists, food nara rignt made ror tne aboiisnment I speculators and perhaps pro-Germans of capital punishment. have not failed to take advantage of we do not recall that prior to Ore- this situation to serve their various gon s great reformation in the treat ment of criminals any person ever harbored a delusion that he was guilty of a murder for which another had been sentenced to death. But within a recent period two half-wits President would cast aside party and Vi 3 vo pnm o fnf-ttja t- 1 1 V " r r fncctAn e. I , .1 . - . . . . . . . . . - , .j anolla nr rlrnwnine- thorn ' ..--j 1 wouiu eillisi me am OI nix political peaoes or snens or drowning tnem, . - . jit j .., f tkr. 1 i.,., , . ... and even shelling them when taklnS " ir fr" t;;V. to the boats. This is the German con- 7 T Z "' C "z-1""- """"" rwncitrant. uv.es. scow . i. ne aDsoiuieiy necessary teamworK attraction for mental incompetents-as I micht. he England forced this weapon into our In rnmfnrtahls oll in tVi cto 'o . . . , hands through a neutral blockade. England vT I , , , " wasteu ana mucn energy is De- prevented neutral trade with Germany and 1 what popular loafing place. I ing dissipated which should have proclaimed a war ot starvation. If true, the "confessions" of these been used for thn ona nnrnnsn wnlVi Germany proclaimed the submarine fee Die-minaea degenerates make out demands the united efforts of all. blockade on February 4, 1915, to be- no stronger case against capital pun come effective on February 18. Britain ishment than they do against the jury did not put the blockade of Germany system, against the reliability of cir- in effect till March 15. .The Chan- cumstantial evidence and against the Classes conducted by volunteer teach ers have already been enrolled in vari ous parts of the country, and their popularity is attested by the fact that the supply of textbooks for beginners has almost become exhausted. Pro- fessors in colleges are serving in the training camps, also, and an effort they can obtain the pulmotor to apply it. It has always given very good re suits and I know of no case where we have had a fatality." The chairman asked: Do you alloy a layman to use your pulmotor?" To which Dr. Munson replied: "We train them thoroughly in how to apply the pulmotor and how to use It. Of course. there are trained crews in almost every IS WIFE AT WORK DEPENDENT? Point Sot Specifically Covered 1b Resii- latlona Governing Draft. .- PORTLAND. July 22. (To the Ed itor.) Beth my husband and I are em ployed. Will this prevent my claiming exemption ln military service for him on the ground that I am dependent? The affidavit requires that I give the approximate amount of money received for the last year exclusive of that which I have received from my hus band, and I am in a quandary as to whether this would Include my salary, or it is meant for other independent income such as from an estate, etc. D. L. B. The regulations are not entirely clear as to granting a discharge (exemption) from military service to a husband in the case cited. "Any married man whose wife or child Is dependent upon him for sup port" is the conditional language used in the regulations. It is clearly not the intention of the regulations to dis charge any man whose wife makes suf ficient by her own efforts to be not dependent upon him for support. At the same tim'e, the regulations do not cover specifically the question of par tial dependency. If you make sufficient money at your employment to be able to support yourself, your husband can not claim discharge on the ground that his wife is; dependent upon him for support. ' On the other hand. If you do not make sufficient to support yourself. and are thus partially dependent upon your husband for support, there Is still a question whether, under the regula tions, the discharge would be granted. The word "dependent" would seem to be broad enough to include partial de pendence, if the facts, in the opinion of the local exemption board, bear out a worthy claim. The affidavit of the husband and wife in this respect must be supported by the affidavit of the head of a fam ily, all the affidavits to be made on blank forms supplied by the exemp tion board. If your husband te drafted, consult your exemption board about making a claim for his discharge If you do not make enough to support yourself. The affidavit required from the wife does not include salary as part of "the approximate amount of her separate income, and the independent income of such child or children during the pre ceding year, exclusive of any sums re ceived from ber husband, and exclusive of any gifts to her or her children. The regulations specifically state that such separate income means to include' "merely the income derived from the separate or independent prop erty of, or property held in trust for In Other Days. Tmenty-flre Yeara Ago. (From The Oregocian, July 23, 1892.) Eugene, Or. The town was startled this morning by news of the sudden death of Hon. F. B. Dunn, a pioneer settler and one of the leading spirits in business and social circles. The recount of ballots ln the Knapp Wygant contest for the office of Fire Commissioner is proceeding rapidly and will probably be concluded today. Denver, Colo. Mrs. C. C. Candy, ac companied by her husband, made the descent of Pike's Peak on a bicycle Saturday last. Mrs. Candy is the first woman who ever attempted it. . Officer H. Lamp man. who has been on the police force on the East Side for a short time, yesterday morning tendered his resignation, to take charge of Thiel's patrol service in the North west. The Southern Pacific Railway, through a portion of the city at the southeast, is enclosed with a barbed-wire fenlce. which is a great nuisance to that sec tion. The citizens of Woodlawn have or ganized a volunteer fire company, aa was suggested to them by Assistant Chief Engineer H. H. Holmes. many wanted war. We deny the accusation that submarine warfare 1h contrary to international law and violates the rights ol humanity. International law requires visit and search of merchant ships and provi sion for safety of noncombatants. German submarines sink all ships on sight, killing noncombatants with tor- will be made to give our young offi- part f the plant men who will not cers a gooa stan towara understand- i lose their heads. ing the language they are to hear so I Dr. Rubin, of the Westmoreland Coal much in the next few months. Company, told of a case where the pul motor had failed and a simple nonme- a t- i, . . , , . . I chanical method succeeded. ... , I!' I . f I . VI. 1,17 ' 1111. .J I . u.ii pa.icm.cn a. Pia.ii ior irrigating alio, n.iirrod Comnanv .said: "I have been draining. The field Is preferably ten on committees of various railroads that acres, through which Is laid a six-inch I have considered the pulmotor and lung main, with four-inch laterals, a yard motor. We could not be prevented from below the surface, perforated to allow making. various objections to tnese ma- water to be forced into the soil. When the ground is too wet, reverse action drains it. When sour air is pumped in, and when gophers and bugs reach the stage of pests, gas is to be sent through the pipes. The plan Is feasible. All chines, but we were well satisfied with I the Schaeffer method." Shoes Not Wide Enough. Mrs. S. C. M. writes: "1. The joint of my foot Is becoming enlarged and In flamed and is beginning to trouble me. ends. The best corrective of this situation is public opinion. If the people should bring strong pressure to bear on the obstructive Senators and if the needed is a big bank account, a - big 1 1 am careful to have my shoes properly engine and pump, a big well and big fitted and never wear my shoes too faith. Most men with the ten acres short or too narrow, i am airaiu m.i lr negiectea a ounion win uet luc icbuii. Ill -..a. nlnn.n toll TTI A inw tf t rfR t i- -' i- -,7 ... v i .1 iiiiiu u iiuii t- i ni t .v,a. f nncft h a a nuninn ditch, while the man with money can be avoided, and will you kindly tell enough to buy the ten acres and in- I me what I can apply to it that will re- stall all that nlant will nrefer to bnv ducn the swelling and the soreness a cigar store, hire a boy to 'tend, and "2. Also my 14-year-old daughter has enjoy his ease, now and then taking never oeen vacc,na"- stock by way of exercise. ,mm . n.t t iZZ .nv danger of vacinnation injuring the health If it That win be an olo-rashloned day I ia carefully done? " of pleasure at the Gresham fair-1 REPLY. grounds next Saturdav. nut on bv the I am very certain that your shoes are not - . . . . . I wide enough. Wear them wider. wear an Sinn Bco ui ura nciBiiuui uuuu uy icu" i appliance between your toes to Keep tnem pie who know how to do it. Every- separated and straight. There are several thing Is to be free, especially the con- appliances on the market, a smau paa tents of the baskets good things to o. Have her vaccinated at once. eat, cookea oy women wno put the home flavor into food. The danger to the city man who attends libs in acute indigestion. cellor has no regard for the order of whole book of criminal jurisprudence. events. LITTLE KNOWN NECTKAL8.. An Interesting feature of the recent notice of embargo given by the United States to the neutral nations of the The submarine Is accomplishing all and more than It Is expected to. It impairs Kngland's economic life and the conduct ot the war month to month in a growing de gree. It is monstrous injustice that innocent men should be either imprisoned or world is that It should contain the hanged. If Branson Is innocent and names of so many nations of the ex- Mrs. Booth is innocent and Pender is istence of which many otherwise well innocent, let us have no snivelling informed persons are hardly aware TM ttmnt i fi,tw t,rt self-congratulation that their fate That they are unimportant in a mili- by the reports of Britain, which has might have been worse, but let us get tary sense goes without saying but shown more frankness in telling the a root of the injustice. sWl they maintain their forms of gov- . . , , ' ernment and their neutrality, and WU13L ttUUUb 1U 1U99C3 ailU U1UUUCIB, I . I l own 1 :.,,. 4. 'U Probably half the shipping tonnage A PROMISING PROFESSION. they shall have notice of our attitude now in service is British, and the Hardy young men and women who m the same manner as the most pow- iooco vi uluo. cmco vi ucuuau are casting about ror a lire protession erful neutral in the world have been in about the same propor- will be Interested in the sutrtrestion of Th c ir, -ir,' m - tion to the total number under their Enos Mills, nature student, writer and I ntunrf.u Te-i n,o vT .vooo Protege oi jonn Muir, tnat guiding or- first three put together do not have British tonnage. Excluding fishing fers a splendid opportunity to follow the population of a small city. San i.uou .voo jj uiuuuio a.uu a userui ana neaitniui occupation ana Mot-inn wv.oro iiw.n cnm ienn .nnii earn a good living. The Government is surrounded by Italy, and not long now has 14 scenic National Parks, and ag-0 came into prominence by an ln Mr. Mills' opinion there is room for nouncing that it would put its forces u more, mere is now a great de- at the disnnsal of tho entontn nine mana ror competent guides, ana it is but this action seems not to have plain that the movement to encourage been officially recorded. Monaco. Americans to see their own country with 3000 population, is known ev- first will he hampered by lack of them. Ten thousand persons, Mr. Mills be lieves, could find steady and profita ble employment if they were the right kind. . for the three weeks ending July 15 have been: Number Month. ships. Ma rch. four weeks ...................... 03 April, five weeks 185 May, four weeks ... 113 June, four weeks ...................... .108 July, three weeks to July 15 55 If the present rate for July should be continued for the week ending July 21, the total for the last four weeks will be only 63, the smallest since the beginning of March. Submarine war impairs the conduct of the war in a diminishing, not a "growing" degree. From the beginning of the war to December 31, 1916, the tonnage of all nations destroyed exceeded the ton nage built by only 377,827. Since January 1 the losses have not been published in tons, but may have been half a million a month. According to the estimate of Premier Lloyd George, Britain will turn out nearly 6,000,000 tons before the end of 1918. The United States is prepared to produce an equal amount. Other nations, ex cluding Germany and her allies, should produce a million and a half tons a year. Germany's chance of winning by submarine ruthlessness is small. How slightly "England's economic life is affected may be judged from the statement of Kennedy Jones, British director general of food econ omy, that "it is certain we will be able to start the new Cereal year with nearly seven months' stocks" and that Britain need only import five months' supplies in the next twelve months. We look without serious concern upon the optimistic sentiment in the entente countries coused by America's intervention. It is easy to reckon how much tonnage is necessary to transport an army Irom America to erywhere because its capital, Monte Carlo, is the gambling center of the world, but few think of It as a factor in any way. Lichtenstein is not so well known. It has more than 9000 GERMAN KAISER'S NUMBER IS 6 scauy Recurrence of Figaro ln War Eventa Leads to Prophecy. (Published in a North Dakota paper and signed Anonymous. ) I have never been much of a believ er in astrology, necromancy, "spirits that peek and mutter," and such like, but recently I came across something so curious and uncanny I thought your readers might like to see it, too. Here it is: Did you know the Kaiser's number is 6? The Kaiser is the man who started the war; Serbia is the country where the war started. There are six letters in each of these words, and if written together and divided in halves also spell Kaiser and Serbia: K A I - S E R S E R - B I A The greatest man in France is Joffre, commander at the Marne. Apply the same rule as above, we have: .3 O F - F R E F R E - N C H Germany claims to be the most cul tured nation in the world, and this uperculture is called Kultur. Turkey has the least culture. Apply the rule: K U L - T U R T U R - K E Y And now for the Kaiser's number. If the word Kaiser is written with each letter followed by the number of Its place ln the alphabet and after these is placed the significant number 6, we have: K 116 A 16 I 96 S 196 E 56 R 186 Probably Tapeworm. M. H. writes: "I have been ln poor health for 10 years, having great stom ach and intestinal trouble, being partic oo- r-ii,rv,K-ti 1. v,... I ulalv troubled wTTh constipation, and bother about objecting to home ap- Vto3ch uo until a few pointments. which tends to show he mnnth airo. when he stated that the is broader minded than some thought, trouble might be either 'tied' stomach If his real feeling could be shown. It or gall trouble. I believe 1 also nave a is likely to be expressed In two words: Shoo, fly!' The Senate voted against McNary's proposal for irrigation and adopted Tillman's amendment for $10,000,000 to buy fertilizers for Southern farms. A pemocratic body can be depended upon for anything south of the line. taDeworm. If I have a tapeworm, what shall I take to kill it? (2) Having killed it. will It be expelled from the rectum in nature s way or must 1 lane other means to be rid of it? (3) Would it be possible for t tapeworm to live in th. rwtiini for several years? (4) what causes tapeworms ana wnai snail I do to avoid being so afflicted ln the future?" - REPLY, It Is quite possible that you have a tape worm. You snouia De bdiv to una oes- 1 and 2. Eat nothing out mint, oreaa. ana ,niin or two days. On the evening of the second day take a dose of castor oil. On the morning after breamast lane two drams of ethereal extract of male fern ln soma suitable vehicle. Three hours later take five grains of calomel and three hours Chamberlain proposes to amend the I later still dose of oil. If necessary take a warm enema mw msni. 3. A tapeworm could live ln the Intestine for several years- 4. Eating of tapeworm eggs, aiost tape worms are eaten In the form or "measly- pork, beef, or fish, raw or rare, General Goethals and the Shipping Board should not forget that, while they confer and confer and confer about building ships, the submarines are still sinking ships. It is time to third get Into action.- draft law to Include aliens, excepting subjects o enemy countries. This ought to put subjects of the allies into those armies, where they belong. All the new Government Jobs are to be filled by the hungry faithful. but, as Penrose predicts, the civil Symptoms of Cancer. M. G. writes: "1. Will you kindly tell mo symptoms of cancer of the But there is the rub. There is no I population and lies between Austria royal road to any profession worth I and Switzerland. Its area is sixty- having. Guiding does not consist mere- I five square "miles and its customs re ly in obtaining superficial knowledge ceipts are only $8000 a year, from of a few roads and trails and then I which it will be inferred that it is offering one's services to any party of I not an Important factor in trade. It tenderfeet that comes along. There has had a constitution of its own must be painstaking preparation, men- since 1862. tal and physical. A picturesque buck- When we consider Nepal and Oman, skin costume and a flow of frontier however, we have population to deal colloquialisms no longer suffice. The with, if not power. Nepal has more modern traveler is exceptionally in- than 4,000,000 Inhabitants. It is in telligent and more than ever a seeker theory an absolute monarchy, but is after knowledge, which the guide 1 actually ruled by a Prime Minister must be able to furnish if he would and a council, and it has a savage earn a reputation for himself. An idea code that has been somewhat human- of what Mr. Mills dia to prepare him- Ized by British influence. It lies on self for his profession as guide in the the southern slope of the Himalayas, Long's Peak region of Colorado may bordering on British India. It has be obtained from his own words, as he I been independent since 1768 and once Is quoted by the Kansas City Star: succeeded in defeating the British. 1 made dozens of trips to the too under The people are a mixed race of Indo- all sorts f conditions before I attempted I Afghan and Mongol descent. fair" day. unt"l knew' eveW step of the Ther re 1.500,000 people in Oman, way. Then I went up when it was toBsy of whom we Beldom hear anything, and stormy, when I couldn't see ten feet I rfhev are peacefully engaged in rais- aheadr- 1 trained myself to know the trail by moonlight and then I went up on the ing dates, but their total exports are darkest nights. I figured what I would do 1 only about $2 per capita. Still, they under every possible circumstance. I prac ticed several gaits, until I knew Just what pace was easiest to maintain. Several times 1 assumed that one of my party had met with an accident and that I must go down and return at once with aid without rest ing. I learned all 1 could about the geology manage to yve in their unobtrusive way, and to confine their fighting to small rows among themselves. None of these small neutrals can have any appreciable effect upon the of the region, and about the birds and ani- I outcome of the war. Their chief mis- service blanket will be spread before 1 breast? 2. Does it usually come on the the work Is over. right or lert, oreast, ana usuauy at what ageT t. is tnere sucn a- tning as 1 11 , K .- - T -A A Dig lumoer company across me ka, , th. .vmntnnij? 4. I ther river is advertising for all kinds of anjr permanent cure for it If taken in help in its logging inaustry ana tne (its first stages of cancer : man out of a job has little excuse for loafing. REPLY. 1. Any tumor of the breast In a woman between 40 and 60 years of age Is apt tobe cancer. If It is noticed to be enlarging rap idly the probability Is increased. Sharp darting pain Is a surer sign, but It Is a late one. Diagnosis should be nrade before pal appears. Retracted nipple and attached skin are late signs. 2. This is of no consequence. One breast m.. a nontn inn onnVo fn. fKolls about as subject as another. 1"D .v I q mi., mxrmntnmm . . , ... UCW IrtllLUllllicii l.o, auu moj ... u j t wo fOUlld With OOllS. 4. Prompt removal of early cancer results ln cure. During the year canary birds in this country consume nearly 4,000,000 pounds of birdseed, but this does not affect the supply or breaicrast iooas. good cooks, too. be well fed. Fighting men must If the next draft could be from forty-five up, there would be no liv ing with some of the old fellows. Let us hope the "scattered show ers" forecasted for this week will merge into one big rain. Lloyd George's come-back lets the air out of Michaelis' peace terms. Reasons for exemption must strong to get past those boards. be Most of these conscripts are feeling very important, and why not? Nothlnir Else as Good. M. M. writes: "I am in the first stage of locomotor ataxia and have the pain in the arms and legs. I got three in Jections of salvarsan last month and am rubbing mercury three months now 1. Please state how long will I keep rubbing and if I ought to get som more of the salvarsan. Will the treat ment stop the pains? 2. What will kill bedbugs? REPLY. 1. Tou had better keep up the mercury so long as the physician advises It. Th probability is that neither mercury nor sal varsan will relieve you. However, there Is nothing better nor equally aa good. Pour scalding water in all cracks. In places where this cannot be done use kerosene. Squirt it around with & syringe. er, the child or children.' Fifty Years Ago. ( (From The Oregonlan of July 23, 1867.) We are Informed that the water Is expected to be low enough during the present week to allow the Standard Mills at Milwaukie to start again. Bishop Thompson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who came as a pas senger by the Continental, will deliver the address to the graduating clas of Willamette University next Thurs day evening. Wells-Fargo announces a reduction of rates on their fast-freight service between here and Boise, Idaho. In the. future goods will be carried for only 21 cents a pound. Eugene Semple, Esq., was admitted to the bar in the United States District Court (Judge Deady) last Monday. Daily overland mail route to Califor nia! Through to San Francisco in six days! Avoid the perirs of the ocean. Stages leave Portland daily at 6 A M. Special Fare to Sacramento, $50. Adv. WAR GARDENS RESIST NOBLY. Ruthless Onslaughts of Natural Ene mies Repelled After Lively Skirmish. PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Edi tor.) The committee on war gardens beg to report as follows: The radishes were mobilized early and showed good form in training. The first detachment sent to the front gal lantly met the ruthless onslaught of the iugs which were in superior num bers and marvelous tenacity of pur pose. The bugs displayed fiendish In genuity in undermining the radishes and the radishes at last capitulated, their ranks being thinned to next to nothing. Lively fighting has been going on in the spud field. By the use of formal dehyde and Bordeaux and rapid fire spray guns the potato bu.s have been held off. The potato's position has been made more secure. Flanking movements by the moles have been held back, the lettuce stand ing in the face of treacherous night at tacks. The lettuce has held the first trench. Bombs and aerial shots have driven back the under-earth varmints. Aerial attacks at widely scattered points in the garden have been con ducted by the mischievous pheasants. Their raids have usually been made around four or five o'clock in the morning. These bandits, so gaily uni formed, manifest all the esprit de corps of well-seasoned veterans. They cun- ningly mobilize in chosen spots where their advance information indicates there is neither guns nor men or wom en with enough sense of preparedness to shoot to hit. They then swoop upon the young corn and deciminate whole areas. The peas and parsnips sector has withstood a series of devasting attacKs by the canine galoots, flying squads or which occasionally rendezvous here to roll and recuperate while planning fresh conquests. French life with the cabbages is most interesting. xne iirst unet trenches were overswept by slugs and the losses of the plant were disheart ening. The cabbages were gotten to gether, their feet soaKeu in -aris green and assfoetida and again leaves planted since which they are showing fine form. D. C. t lilJMAJN. 666 the Kaiser's number. Six times 6 is 36, plus 6 equals 42 months. Also note that when the Kaiser start ed the war he was 55 years and i months old 666 months which again fixes the Kaiser's number. Having es tablished this fact, you will be inter ested in reading from the 13th chap ter of Revelation, the 4th, Eth and 18th verses: 4th. "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto th beast and they worshipped the beast saying, who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" 5th. "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great tnings ana blasphemies, and power was given unto mm to continue rorty ana two monins. 18th. "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the num ber of a man and his number is six hundred three score and six." The war started ln 1914, plus 42 months brings you up to February 1918. Provisions of Sterilisation Laws. COTTAGE GROVE. Or- July "21. (To the Editor.) Please print the es sential provisions of the sterilization law enacted at the last session of the Oregon Legislature. READER. The law creates a state board of eugenics, composed of the State Board of Health and the superintendents of the Oregon State Hospital. State Insti tute for the Feeble Minded, and the State Penitentiary. Their duties are to examine Into the innate traits, mental and physical conditions, personal rec ords and family traits and histories of the feeble-minded. Insane, epileptic, habitual criminals, moral degenerates and perverts" in state institutions, and where there is no probability that the condition 'of the person so examined will improve to such an extent as to render procreation advisable, to make an order directing the superintendent of the appropriate institution to per form upon the Inmate in question such a type of sterillzati a as may be deemed best by the board. Right of appeal to the Circuit Court in the county in which the institution Is situated. ARBITRARY ORDER IS PROTESTED Montana L'nduly Favored In Allotment of Men to Second Training Camp. SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. (To the Editor.) On July 14. 1917, the War Department, at Washington, made and Issued an order arbitrarily changing the apportionment of men to attend .the second training camp. You will note that Montana has been changed from 72 to 143, Just doubling its number. The number to be selected is based on population. Washington state has also been discriminated against. It Is the work of Senator Walsh, at request of the Governor of Montana. I have seen and read the order, but could not procure a copy. It Is simply an arbitrary act without merit or warrant of law. V"e should not permit ourselves to play politics ln the great war that we are engaged ln. Montana is entitled to 72 men and no more. Senator Chamberlain should be able to right this bold attempt to evade the law. EMMETT CALLAHAN. Standard Oil Distributing Point, WARRENTON. Or.. July 21. (To the Editor.) In the article on "Lower Rairi Tariff for Portland" in The Oregonlan, ln enumerating the various new Indus tries already established and con templated, I note with regret that you failed to mention the fact that 'the Standard Oil Company Is about to make Astoria its distributing point for the Columbia River Basin. R. D. NELSON. State Credit for Enlistment. KALAMA, Wash., July 21. (To. the Editor.) Does a man enlisting ln the United States Army, regardless of his residence state, give a credit to the state in which he enlists? E. F. WICKER. Credit for the enlistment is given to the state in which tne man actually re sides, regardless of the place of enlistment. Mt. Tabor's Skyward Climb. By James Barton Adams. I stood on old Mount Tabor's foot and jacked my muscles up, and told myself that I would scoot gazelle-like to the top. I would ascend by- agile leaps up stairways step by step, for I'd climbed many mountain steeps when young and full of pep. but soon I learned that age had placed a ban upon my vim and that I kinder sorter faced a job as up I clim; breath came in knickerbock-er pants of quite too previous length, heart did a hootchy kootchy dance that sapped my stock of strength, and when I gained the top of that great wart on nature's face, the brain imprisoned 'neath my hat seemed shaky on Its base, but as I gazed enraptured tnere upon a scenic dream spread out beiow me every where I said, "This is a scream!" and thrice a thousand times repays the muscle-racking climb I'd never in my bygone days viewed picture more sub lime. I cast my eyes instinctively up from that height so grand almost be- lieving I might see the gates of Glory--land and saw but azure skyland bright with sunlight all aglow the only para dise in sight was spread out far below.